Dragon Raja: Dragon Slaying Begins with System Hosting

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"What grudge do you have against the king?" the system asked.

When Kazama Ruri mentioned killing the King many times, the system analyzed that the two had a grudge.

Despite Kazama Ruri's obvious defiance of the King, even resorting to assassination, she remains the second-in-command...

[...During the last resurrection of the White King's remains, it was fused with the imperial blood of one of the ancient Snake-Ghost Eight Families, the "Susanoo's Life"...]

System analysis suggests that Kazama Ruri is most likely the vessel that the King will use to fuse with the White King.

So, is the King's plan to revive the White King by siding with him? But is the White King's blood, the catalyst for the evolution potion he promised the Ghost Clan, really that easy to obtain?

No, it doesn't necessarily have to be the blood of the White King. The evolution drug might just be a pie in the sky that the King is making to get the Ghost Clan to work for him. The so-called half-finished evolution drug is just a reason that the King is using to persuade the Ghost Clan—at least the King really has some skills, and he's not just talking nonsense.

The system was too familiar with this operating method... When Lu Mingfei saw the system's analysis reach this point, he felt that the people in the outside world were too treacherous. Although the system also used this method, it really gave benefits.

Dangerous hybrids, though it may cost them their lives, will actually be saved by the system, allowing them to bask in the sunlight.

Old Tang's $10,000 reward for learning basic alchemy has already been distributed. If he can skip to advanced alchemy, the reward will be $100,000! Even if he fails to skip to advanced alchemy, he can still get $30,000 by quickly learning intermediate alchemy... Upon hearing this, Old Tang immediately slammed his fist on the table and asked Su Enxi, "Where's the contract?! Get me a pen!"

“Because he drove a wedge between me and my brother.” Kazama Ruri’s tone was nonchalant.

The system analyzed for a moment, but then silently ended the analysis.

Lu Mingfei was also stunned by these words. He had read the system analysis before and thought that Kazama Ruri knew that the King would use her as a vessel for the White King and was trying to save herself in the face of certain death... but this was it?

Perhaps Kazama Ruri is... more sentimental?

"So, is there room for us to cooperate?" Kazama Ruri asked Lu Mingfei.

“There’s room for cooperation.” The system extended its hand and said, “Actually, I have a dream: to liberate all the dangerous mixed-race people in the world, so they no longer have to endure discriminatory looks, and can live as normal people in the sunlight…”

Kazama Ruri wanted to recruit Lu Mingfei to her chariot and get rid of the King General. The system wanted the Demon Clan, and to get the Demon Clan, it was impossible to avoid the King General who had a huge influence on the Demon Clan... Kazama Ruri extended her hand to shake hands, but couldn't help asking, "Did you do the Aoyama Charity School incident?"

Although he didn't care about these things, once he saw it, it wasn't so easy for him to forget it, given his memory.

However, he also knew that the person in front of him was saving those ghosts at the Green Mountain Charity School, and those ghosts would most likely have to pay with their lives, which was why the other party was willing to help.

"Yes." The system did not deny it.

There is room for initial strategic cooperation, and it is indeed time to have in-depth exchanges to avoid some unnecessary misunderstandings.

The system said, "You need to gather as much information as possible about the situation on the King's side, the Fierce Ghosts..."

“Sakurai Kogure manages most of the affairs within the Oni Clan. The King rarely intervenes personally. Winning Sakurai Kogure over is half the battle won,” Kazama Ruri said nonchalantly.

The reason he, as the second-in-command, doesn't take things seriously is because he's not interested in these matters, not because he's not smart enough or can't manage his subordinates.

"So, how do you plan to win over Sakurai Kogure?"

"The matter of the Ghost Clan is your business. I can arrange for her to meet with you, and it's up to you how to persuade her. But before that, I can help you find out her attitude."

In fact, Kazama Ruri didn't think Lu Mingfei would fail, unless Lu Mingfei was a miserly miser... Having been among the demons for more than three years, and being a demon himself, even if he didn't pay much attention to the affairs of his subordinates, he understood the psychology of most demons.

Compared to becoming a dragon, most ghosts would rather be human... Their inner desires are far beyond what normal people or normal hybrids can imagine, because these people who can live freely in the sunlight don't think it's anything precious.

People don't cherish things that are easily obtained; they only value things they can't have. The best thing in this world is—what you haven't obtained yet.

Just like how people always feel that the road they never chose is full of flowers.

"Okay." The system nodded slightly, then asked Kazama Ruri, "By the way, what is your Word of Power?"

“Dream Eater,” Kazama Ruri said casually, seemingly unconcerned.

"Haven't you heard of the unique mental-based incantations of your White King faction?"

What makes the White King and the four thrones of Earth, Fire, and Feng Shui truly unique is that the White King governs the fifth element—Spirit.

However, because the White King lineage resides in the internally closed Japan, the Secret Party has very few records of spiritual incantations.

“Yes.” Kazama Ruri explained without hesitation, “The dragon runes of this Word of Power are like a song, which can silently drag the enemy into a nightmare. The nightmare is not constructed by the caster, but generated by the fear in the heart of the person who is affected by this Word of Power.”

"Can you tell me when you activate the Dragon Script?" The system felt this Word of Power was pretty good! It immediately began trying to collect it.

Kazama Ruri looked at him strangely, not understanding why he wanted her to activate the dragon rune of her Word of Power. Could it be that you can actually cast it?

Or are you afraid of others taking advantage of you?

However, he didn't pay much attention to this trivial matter.

He wanted to kill the King General, who wanted the Fierce Ghost Clan. After succeeding, the King General would then cure his bloodline problem... Under this cooperation, the activation of the Dream Eater's Dragon Rune was insignificant, and he patiently recited it...

After parting ways with Kazama Ruri, besides reaching an agreement with him, what Lu Mingfei and the system were most concerned about today was the successful deciphering of the super-powerful word "Judgment" obtained from Erii.

[...The "judgment" of the Word of Power has been successfully deciphered...]

[...Confess!...]

Activating the dragon script involves simply reciting two dragon scripts that say "confess," and then the system, with a little effort, reveals the terrifying nature of this power.

The Judgment Domain opened, and Lu Mingfei, the one wielding it, was like a god, or rather, a god in charge of judgment. Everything within the domain could be sentenced to death by Lu Mingfei in an instant.

The elements within the domain are captured by the trial, and as long as Lu Mingfei has a thought, these elements will transform into executioners and carry out the execution immediately.

These elements encompass the four major elements of earth, fire, feng shui, and so on. In addition, there are some strange things... However, since the Judgment has just been acquired, the control over the Judgment domain is not yet strong enough to command those strange things.

[...Judgment, in terms of its level, should belong to the Dragon King level of incantations; perhaps only a Dragon King can unleash its full power...]

In the blink of an eye, the system conjured an invisible blade from the wind, slicing the innocent stool in two.

The fire element was activated, and flames erupted on the split stool, but the flames were precisely controlled, without damaging the floor in the slightest...

"Holy crap, no wonder it's the number one Word of Power below the Dragon King level!" Lu Mingfei was dumbfounded when he saw the effect.

A single word of power directly encompasses the effects of the four basic elements: earth, fire, wind, and water. The system hasn't even unleashed its full potential yet; otherwise, the range would be measured in hundreds of meters. Not to mention the deeper realms, where there are some unruly entities...

"What kind of plane are you doing?"

Xia Mi glanced at the neighbor with a strange look. She felt the domain of the Word of Judgment empowering her. As long as the other party had a thought, the elements within this domain would immediately obey the other party's command and attack her.

However, Lu Mingfei clearly had no such intention, because the domain was soon canceled again.

Xia Mi couldn't help but feel a little envious of Norton's clever tricks: "Alchemy is such a wonderful thing, why don't I have this skill?"

Only Norton, the Bronze and Fire King who is skilled in alchemy, could manipulate alchemy so skillfully.

According to her plan, Norton performed a clever maneuver on Lu Mingfei's body, creating an alchemical tool based on Lu Mingfei's ordinary human form and then implanting a Word of Power alchemical matrix. This allowed Lu Mingfei to activate Words of Power even without the required bloodline. Moreover, he could activate any Word of Power he wanted, unlike ordinary dragons or hybrids who were limited by their bloodline. The effect was only affected by Norton's alchemical skills.

But Norton was able to pull off such a feat, turning a living person into an alchemical tool, so his skill was undoubtedly unparalleled...

Xia Mi never doubted Lu Mingfei's identity as an ordinary person, because dragons are very sensitive to dragon blood and can distinguish between ordinary people and hybrids at a glance.

Logically speaking, after thousands of years of intermarriage and reproduction, there shouldn't be any pure-blooded humans left in the world. Everyone should have inherited some dragon blood, but some people's bloodline has become so diluted that it's almost non-existent.

However, this is not the case. As the proportion of human bloodline continues to increase, it should theoretically evolve into dragons or dragon-humans.

However, the truth is that human blood always manages to hold its ground at the last moment, meaning that the proportion of human bloodlines can never be maximized to the limit.

If it is fully activated, it opens up the "path to godhood" envisioned by humankind.

From this perspective, it is not only dragon blood that possesses "spirituality" in the blood of living organisms, but human blood also has its own unique "spirituality".

Therefore, when the bloodline in a human body is very low, human blood will completely erase the dragon blood, thus preserving the "pure human" being.

This is also why Xia Mi concluded that Lu Mingfei was not Norton's original self.

This process involving two types of blood also gave dragons the opportunity to conceal themselves; they could entrust their cocoons to human bodies and wait for revival. Before revival and the re-cultivation of their dragon bodies, they would have a purely human body, and even if the Dragon King were to press his face against theirs, no problem would be apparent.

Unless the Black King, the dragon emperor, activates the "Bloodline Binding" to pinpoint the exact location...

While Xia Mi admired Norton's ever-improving alchemy skills, in the next room, the system canceled the Word of Power: Judgment, not because Judgment consumed too much energy or because they had had enough, but because their phone rang.

After Uesugi Erii returned to the Snake Clan, the system inserted the phone card that had been specially prepared for her into her phone again, waiting for her to call again.

Although he returned the call in just one afternoon, the speed seemed a bit fast.

After the call connected, Erii on the other end of the phone was silent for a moment, organizing her thoughts before speaking softly, "My brother wants to see you. He says he wants to talk to you about something."

"Hmm," the system replied simply. "When?"

"Now?"

"Okay, shall we go to Genji Heavy Industries?"

"Uh-huh."

The simple call ended abruptly.

“System, what if we run into Uesugi Koshi at Genji Heavy Industries? If we don’t explain things clearly, we might have to fight again.” Lu Mingfei thought of Erii’s father, Uesugi Koshi.

The other party had misunderstood something, and upon confirming Erii's identity, they angrily chased after the car, wanting to fight her.

It's unclear whether Erii ever explained this to Uesugi Koshi later, but the system certainly didn't want to.

The system hoped that Erii would not explain, and that the Snake-Headed Eight Family would directly mistakenly identify Lu Mingfei as their son-in-law. As long as Erii did not clarify, Lu Mingfei could openly interfere in the Snake-Headed Eight Family's affairs under the tacit acceptance of being the son-in-law of the Uesugi family.

Erii Uesugi doesn't seem to be interested in the power of the Hebi-Hachi family. In the future, her son-in-law, Lu Mingfei, will exercise the power of the head of the family on her behalf... If the Hebi-Hachi family later finds out that their relationship is actually innocent, they can just say, "You didn't ask!"

[...This is an extremely low probability event. Judging from Uesugi Koshi's furious appearance, he will definitely ask about Erii's relationship with the host...]

The system's plan was good, but the system also knew that it was a very low-probability event, something that could be easily found out with a casual question. Erii wasn't a liar, so she would just choose to remain silent. But it didn't matter; she would probably tell the whole story.

"Too."

It was just a misunderstanding that could have been cleared up with a casual question from either Genjiro or Uesugi Koshi.

However, Lu Mingfei still felt that Uesugi was in the wrong regarding the inexplicable fight he had with him. He had already explained that there was no problem; although he did want to have multiple relationships, he hadn't gotten involved with Uesugi's daughter.

If it weren't for his own skill, Uesugi Kotsushi would have died on the spot after that collision...

Thinking about this, Lu Mingfei felt a little resentful and asked the system, "System, can I get a little revenge on Uesugi Kotsugi?"

Chapter 130 Entering Genji Heavy Industries

Because the system already had the judgment in hand, it felt no psychological burden and was not flustered at all during this trip to Genji Heavy Industries.

Even if it's a trap, you can still fight your way out.

However, I still brought Xia Mi and Chu Zihang along. It's not like I'm all alone; having my subordinates with me makes things easier to handle.

For example, if someone dislikes him and sends their underlings to speak, it would be beneath Lu Mingfei's dignity to personally intervene, which is unacceptable for a system aiming to seize control of the Snake Clan.

Because humans are very subjective beings, if you consider someone to be of the same class as you, that person will subconsciously adopt a horizontal posture, which will create some obstacles for the system when speaking to the Snake Clan later on.

The following types of people exhibit a rebellious mentality: "We're all in the same class as me, what are you pretending for?" and "So what if he's latched onto the Uesugi family head? He's a gigolo, what are you pretending for?"

Although it would take some time and effort to correct their flawed thinking, the system dislikes wasting time. It was already slow to get started, and there were many urgent matters to attend to... It would be faster to eliminate them than to try to win them over.